Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
August 13, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1985 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 4 1 1 0
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Franco ss 5 0 1 0
Thornton dh 4 0 2 1
  Carter pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0
  Tabler pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 1 0 0
Vukovich rf 3 0 2 1
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 1
Willard c 2 0 1 0
  Fischlin pr 0 0 0 0
  Bando c 1 0 0 0
Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 5 1 3 2
Lacy rf 4 0 1 2
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 1
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Young dh 3 2 2 3
Rayford 3b 4 2 2 0
Dempsey c 3 2 1 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 8
Cleveland 000 012 0104101
Baltimore 002 020 04x891
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Romero   5.0 5 4 3 2 2
  Ruhle  L (2-9) 2.1 0 1 1 3 1
  Thompson   0.2 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
7
5
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker   6.1 7 3 2 4 4
  Aase  W (7-5) 2.2 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
5
5

  E–Bernazard (13), Rayford (4).  DP–Cleveland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Vukovich 2 (12,off Boddicker,off Aase), Baltimore Rayford (10,off Romero).  3B–Baltimore Wiggins (3,off Thompson).  HR–Baltimore Young 2 (17,3rd inning off Romero 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Thompson 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Nixon (2,off Boddicker).  IBB–Vukovich (5,by Boddicker); Jacoby (3,by Aase).  HBP–Dempsey (1,by Romero); Ripken (1,by Romero).  CS–Franco (6,2nd base by Boddicker/Dempsey).  HBP–Romero 2 (3,Dempsey,Ripken).  IBB–Boddicker (5,Vukovich); Aase (7,Jacoby).  T–3:02.  A–18,272.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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